How long is the RHCT Exam and what are the designed outcomes?
The certification exam consists of two parts conducted in a half-day session. Section I of the exam consists of a four-problem troubleshooting exercises and lasts one hour. Section II consists of a two hour installation and configuration exercises. Both sections of the exam are performance-based, meaning that candidates must perform tasks on a live system, rather than answering multiple-choice questions. RHCT certification indicates that the person has passed a realistic performance-based lab exam that tests his/her ability to: install and configure Red Hat Linux; understand limitations of hardware; configure basic networking and file systems for a single system attached to a network; configure the X Window System; perform essential Red Hat Linux system administration; configure basic host security, set up client-side networking services required to attach to a production network, and carry out basic diagnostics and troubleshooting. The readiness objective of RHCT is to assure a minimu
